John Nichols re-post of Scott Walker's sugar momma. Breaking government unions a good first step
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has long denied that he has a secret strategy to destroy public-sector unions as part of a long-term plan to make Wisconsin a right-to-work state where unions are dramatically weakened.
But, with the recall election that could replace Walker barely three weeks away, a remarkable videotape of the governor describing just such as a strategy has surfaced. In it, Walker is seen promising a billionaire campaign donor that the attack on collective-bargaining rights for public-sector unionswhich sparked demonstrations and the movement that has forced the recall electionwas only the first step in a grand plan.
The billionaire would eventually give Walker more than $500,000the largest donation in Wisconsin historyto help him advance his agenda. That donation made her the largest single donor to the governor's effort to beat the June 5 recall vote.
[link:http://laborspains.blogspot.com/2012/05/scott-walker-promised-500k-donor-he.html|